Articles "The" and "A/an" are tricky for non-native speakers of English. It seems hard to know when to use each one.
One should use "the" when one is talking about something specific. Usually both the person speaking and the person listening understand what object the speaker is referring to, such as the car
or the bus
. In this case both the speaker and listener know which
bus or car it is.One should use "A" or "an" when speaking about an object in general. 'An apple or a banana' could be any banana
or apple not something specific, such as I would
like to eat an apple. 
In contrast, if I said I would like to eat
the apple than both the listener and the speaker know
which apple it is.
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